Device to prevent slipping.



W. S. WILLIAMS, JR. DEVICE TO PREVENT SLIPPING. APPLICATION FILED JAN.30, 1912.

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lwvawtow With the above object in view the inven-' To all {whom itmag/concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1 WILLIAM S. WILLIAMS, JR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. I

i DEVICE TO PREVENT snrrrrn'e.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

I Application filed January 30, '1912. 7 Serial No. 674,322.

Be it known hat 1,, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, J12, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, State ofNew'Jersey, have in-' vented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices to Prevent Slipping; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This'invention relates to' ice creepers and has for an object to providea light, strong,

adjustable and flexible-creeper that may be easily and" quicklyappliedto the shoe and that will permit'of perfect freedom of movementof the wearer while at the same time preventing slipping without unduestrain upon the foot.

tion consists of certain novel details of construction and combinationof parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it beihg attachinunderstood that various modifications may be made inthe-minordetails ofconstruction within the scope offthe-appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming .part of this specification :Figure1 is a sideelevation of a shoe equipped with my improved anti-slipdevice. Fig. 2 isa bottom plan view of the shoe and device applied. Fig.3 is a fragmentary detail view showing the manner. of securing the toeends of the chains.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts, 10 designates an ordinary shoe.

The creeper consists of a pair of parallel link chains 11 adapted toextend long1- tudinally and lie flat upon the bottom of the shoe sole. 7The chains are connected upon the ball of the sole by a short crosschain 12.

about the center ofthe arch of the sole,and are connected to thebranches of a Y-shaped member 13 which lies entirely within t e edges orborders of the arch. The shank'of the attaching member is rovided with aslot through which the bight shoe and comprising substantially of astrap 14 is engaged, the strap being directed upwardly and rearwardly soas to engage the back strap of the upper as clearly shown in Fig. 1 thestrap bein equipped Wth the usual blickle 15 for tigli tening the strapto snugly fit the shoe. A strap 16' is terminally secured to the strap14 near the heel of the shoe, and arches over and snugly engages .theinstep of the upper, the'strap 16 being provided with the usual buckle17for adjusting this strap to position. The forward ends of the chainsllare connectedby a cross chain 18 which extends'to the edges of thesole near the toe, and the terminal links of the chain 18 are engagedwith eyes 19 of substantially L-shaped attaching members 20 having eyes21 adapted to receive the terminals of a toe strap 22, the latter beingequipped with the usual buckle 23 for ad justing the strap about the toeof the shoe.

A creeper constructed as above described will be light andstrong and maybe quicklyapplied to and detached from the shoe, and

when detached may be folded compactly for carrying in the pocket.

creeper will be flexible and will conform to the movements of the footso that the latter will not be cramped or sprained.

What is claimed, is:-

A creeper adapted. to be applied to a arallel chains adapted to extendlongitudina y upon the bottom of the shoe sole, a substantially Y-sha edattaching member havin its branc es connected to the rear ends 0% saidchains, an ankle strap carried by the shank of said Y-shaped attachingmember, a cross Furthermore, the

chain connectmg the forwardends of said Y chains, substantiallyfL-shaped attaching members carried upon the en s of said cross chainand adapted to hook over'the edges of the shoe sole, "and a toe strapconnecting said 'L-shaped attaching members.

In testimony whereof, .I afix my ture, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS, JR; Witnesses: I

FLORENCE M. WILLIAMS,

SAamA, WmJ Ms.

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